The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-13
. CANVASSING THE RETURNS
The Coy Gang Keeps Hands OFF, and the
Count Is Completed Without Trouble.
The Official Returns on All the Candidates
Serenade of Mayor Denny, William Hen
derson and Others Last Night.

The effect OF Tuesdays election on the Coy
rang kept every ole of its leaders from the
meeting Of the board Of canvassers yesterday.
There was nothing in the figures showing the
will of the people to interest them hence, Coy,
Sullivan, Bernhamer and the other cons pirators
did not even look in on the board the official
returns from precinct after precinct with their
decisive gains in behalf of law and order. were
opened, pronounced correct and recorded.
Friends OF the gang. too, except those who he p
happened to DO among the canvassers stayed
away The count was given over to men who
observed tho sacredness of the tally-sheet. There
were no consultations in out-of-the-way corners
in private rooms, to which keys were held by
would be bosses, n erasers or acids, and. above
ALL no tally sheet or certificate of poll appeared
with a change on it to suggest forgery. Every
member read the returns which he had, and in
every instance the figures agreed with those
published in the Journal yesterday.
VIM. H. Morrison. inspector Of the first pre-
cinct of the Eleventh ward. was chosen as the
presiding officer The count progressed with no
material interruption and without incident until
2 o'clock in the afternoon. when the return
from only precinct in the Twenty fifth ward
was wanting Inspector Kelly had been there
in the morning, given his bag of ballots to the
clerk and visited few minutes to watch the run
of the count Supposing that he would not be
called until late in the afternoon he did not come
back in Time the superintendent of police
went after him, only to return in the course of
half an hour to report that Kelly could not be
found. Had such an incident occurred at the
end of the canvass of last fall excitement, sus-
picions and denunciatlons would have followed.
Mr.. Kelly's absence, however. caused no greater
trouble than testing the patience of the other
uha viz IN fhrou oh
eign the sheet of official returns and leave for
home their places of business.
When the absent inspector had kept the board
waiting nearly an hour, some one suggested that
the tally sheets and papers returned with the
bag of ballots be brought before the board
Franklin Landers, of the Sixth ward, objected to
it. He said it could not be legally done unless
the inspector was there to open the bag and
take ont the duplicate papers. Mr.. Landers
member of the canvassing board last fall
and when his precinct was called stated that he
had given his returns to one of the judges who
had not arrived. He then moved that the bag Of
ballots tanning the duplicate election papers in
charge OF the clerk be sent for Itwas don, and
from the bag taken the tally sheet and certf
icates upon which the official count was made
In regard to the returns of one Of the precincts
of the Thirteenth ward at that time, the canvass
decided not to open the bag and replace the
inspectors tally-sheet and certificate with the
duplicate. In one case il was the will of the
board that such action should be taken, and in
another, hour later. that it should not be per
nitted. Yesterday Mr. Landers did not hold
very tenaciousy to his objection. and finally
voted with his colleagues to send for the dupli-
cate papers. During the acting city clerks alb
sence in going after the papers, Inspector Kelly
rushed into the room with his returns. He had
made good time, and showed the eff
fects of fast walking. 1t took about
ten minutes for the returns to be recorded. when
Mr. Kelly was asked to wait to sign the foot
ings. He appeared anxious to get away when
acting Clerk Tanning said, 1--WE have been
waiting all day you"
Heavens replied Kelly 81 have been waiting
since o'clock this morning We fellers" The
inspector got a hearty round of applause
he took his seat.
Chairman Morrison then announced the fol-
lowing official footings